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Upsy Daisy Assortment

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{{Infobox album

| name = Upsy Daisy Assortment

| type = Compilation album

| artist = XTC

| cover = XTC - Upsy Daisy Assortment.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 17, 1997

| recorded = 1979–1991

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 75:27

| label = Geffen Records

| producer =

| chronology = XTC other

| prev_title = Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r277558|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}} [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=xtc link]

| rev3 = Fretplay

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.fretplay.com/review/x/xtc/discography-CD-B000000OWS-Upsy-Daisy-Assortment.shtml link]

| rev4 = Pitchfork Media

| rev4Score = 8.6/10 [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23330-upsy-daisy-assortment-the-best-of link]

| noprose = yes

}}

Upsy Daisy Assortment is a U.S.-exclusive compilation by XTC, released after Geffen Records declined to distribute the 1996 double-disc Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992.

It is perhaps their first compilation to be considered a Best of as it includes album tracks "Funk Pop a Roll", "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her", "Earn Enough for Us" and "Chalkhills and Children" in addition to their better-known singles.

The cover art is a reproduction of a vintage 1945 travel poster called "Holidays in Switzerland" by Donald Brun.

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 3:47
  2. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:12
  3. "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:41
  4. "Respectable Street" – 3:07
  5. "Senses Working Overtime" – 4:34
  6. "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:29
  7. "No Thugs in Our House" – 5:10
  8. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:59
  9. "Funk Pop a Roll" – 3:14
  10. "This World Over" – 4:45
  11. "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" – 3:50
  12. "Grass" (Moulding) – 2:42
  13. "Dear God" – 3:37
  14. "Earn Enough for Us" – 2:54
  15. "Mayor of Simpleton" – 3:57
  16. "King for a Day" (Moulding) – 3:36
  17. "Chalkhills and Children" – 4:56
  18. "The Disappointed" – 3:38
  19. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" – 5:03

References

  • {{AllMusic | class= album| id=mw0000023754| label= Upsy Daisy Assortment | accessdate= 01:55, 5 May 2021 (UTC) }}

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Category:XTC compilation albums

Category:1997 compilation albums

Category:Geffen Records compilation albums